RPC VII.2, 3643

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3643
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian I and Gordian II
Person (obv.) Gordian II (Augustus)
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΦ(Ρ) ΕΥϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Africanus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Α
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4670
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3105
2 2     P: 3104
3 3     P: AA.GR.19267
4 4     B: 18274926, Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1944.100.64908
6 6     V: GR 25217
7 7     A: 6815 (Demetriou)
8 8     Michigan R. A. Haatvedt and E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis: the University of Michigan excavations, 1924–1935 (Ann Arbor, 1964), no. 686, pl. III.22
9 9     DS 10161
10 10     Figari & Mosconi 1368 = D 4670
11 11     J. Aiello coll.
12 12     Private coll.